East Trinity Masonic Lodge awards scholarships to Rockwall HS students

(Rockwall) June 4, 2013 – The East Trinity Masonic Lodge #157 recently awarded $3,000 scholarships to four Rockwall High School students. Two of the scholarships were given through family members, in memory of deceased members of East Trinity Lodge.  Pictured from left are Matthew Whalin, Collin Sevier (attending Texas Tech), Bruce Beaty, Kelsie Dickerson (attending Oklahoma State), […]

Aspasians Spring Fair today in Downtown Rockwall

Aspasians celebrate 40 years of philanthropy (ROCKWALL-April 27, 2013) For the past 40 years, a group of Rockwall area ladies called the Aspasians have been hosting the Aspasians Arts and Crafts Fair.  Many Rockwall residents have grown up shopping at the bi-annual fair with their parents and are now shopping with children of their own.  […]

Lakeside Civic Chorus awards scholarships to three Rockwall ISD seniors

(April 23, 2013) The Lakeside Civic Chorus recently announced the recipients of its Mary Elaine House Scholarships for 2013. Scholarship winners are Vineisha Hendricks from Rockwall High School; Gideon Boley and Spencer Sosnowski, both of Rockwall-Heath High School. The Chorus awards these scholarships annually to deserving high school seniors who will be majoring in music […]

Miss Texas All Star US Pageant coming to Rockwall

Miss Texas All Star US Pageant coming to Rockwall

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE APRIL 28 PAGEANT (ROCKWALL-April 2, 2013) The Texas All Star United States Pageant is coming to Rockwall Sunday, April 28 – a chance for teen and young miss contestants to be crowned Miss Texas United States, earn a scholarship and win cash awards. The event will be held at Ouida Springer […]

Garland ISD seniors set sights on $20,000 scholarship

(GARLAND ISD – March 31, 2013) With graduation just a few months away, four Garland ISD seniors are setting their sights higher than college. They hope to finish high school with $20,000 in financial aid assistance secured. Magali Duran, Zachary Langley, Maximiliano Ortiz and Rosa Romero have been named Dell Scholar Semi-Finalists. “The Michael and Susan […]

Harbor Lights cruise to help fund local Eagle Scout scholarships

(December 17, 2012) What does it take to become an Eagle Scout? The Boy Scout pledge includes attributes such as: physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. But it also takes years of dedication to community service, camping out in extreme weather conditions, demonstrating leadership and communication skills, and completing all the work required for […]

Trinity Christian Academy to host Dr Pepper/Snapple golf, tennis tournament

Annual competition benefits Student Tuition Aid at TCA (Dallas) October 30, 2012 – Trinity Christian Academy will host its Dr Pepper/Snapple Group Golf + Tennis Tournament on Monday, November 5 at Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas. Last year’s tournament raised more than $155,000 in support of TCA’s Student Tuition Aid (STA) program. “TCA is pleased to […]

Aspasians Fall Arts & Crafts Fair Saturday in the square

(Rockwall) September 18, 2012 – The Aspasians Fall Arts & Crafts Fair returns to the historic downtown square in Rockwall, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 22. Discover jewelry, gifts, handbags, fashion apparel, pottery, candles, home decor, artistry, and one-of-a-kind treasures. Proceeds and benefits will help provide scholarships to local graduating seniors and […]

Sailing scholarships give Helping Hands children opportunity to learn sport

Sailing scholarships give Helping Hands children opportunity to learn sport

September 7, 2012 – “Sailing is like heaven on earth,” said one of the 18 sailing students – all children of Helping Hands’ clients that received sailing scholarships from Rush Creek Junior Sailing Program. Since 2006, the yacht club have generously provided tuition-free sailing lessons for kids that normally would not have the opportunity to […]